The Big 12 is a conference of the haves and have nots. Two of its most embellished groups in Texas and Oklahoma are set to relocation to the SEC by 2025 at the newest, if not previously.
It’s a conference on the verge of collapse, one that might be ushered in earlier rather than lateron thanks to the relative absence of champions giventhat2005 Compared to the Big Ten and the SEC, it’s clear the Big 12 hasactually been lagging behind the other significant powers in the college football landscape.
Still, it’s not all helpless, particularly if groups such as Oklahoma State and Baylor continue to construct strong groups. Here is how the Big 12 stacks up in nationwide champions, beginning with the schools that have yet to win one.
Baylor Bears
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Iowa State Cyclones
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Kansas Jayhawks
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Kansas State Wildcats
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Oklahoma State Cowboys
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Texas Tech Red Raiders
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West Virginia Mountaineers
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Oklahoma Sooners
National champs in: 1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000
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TCU Horned Frogs
National champs in: 1938
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Texas Longhorns
National champs in: 1963, 1969, 1970, 2005
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